Fragrance Review - Jean Paul Gaultier Le Male- All Time Classics Lockdown Series

Fragrance Review - Le Male by Jean Paul Gaultier - Lockdown Special Series - All Time Classic Fragrances
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[@michaelmilner2090]

Enjoy these great, comprehensive reviews. Dandyish fragrance indeed. Intro music was great. The fridge cam was . The Eau Fraiche version, which is (apparently atypically) beastly for me, really impressed. Cheers.

[@MoahGentle]

Excellent breakdown and history behind, one of your very best reviews! Bravo

[@chrisc3236]

Prada Luna Rossa Sport smells like a lighter version of Le Male. It's really nice smelling, definitely recommend it.

[@pulpfragsn]

Geat intro, interesting background on the house and nice review on the fragrance, a brilliantly perfect video!

[@zazenh]

Hi Dan, I was fortunate to meet Francis Kurkdjian in 2016 myself and a group of others had lunch with him. He told me he came up with the formula in July- August 1994. He also allowed me to send him an email requesting for him to send me the original formula. I thought he wouldn't have honoured it, but he did. He sent me a 20 ml decant of the original 1995 formulation. He was a true gentleman. Classic scent, and it was a game changer back then.

[@steveb8269]

You lucky, lucky man

[@zazenh]

Indeed my friend I was.👍

[@dcjimr1]

Bless you, my son, for pronouncing Francis Kurkdjian's name correctly. 😁

[@RSBurgener]

This was very big even in the mid 2000's. My girlfriend worked at Sephora at the time and brought me either a partial bottle or some samples. At the time, I identified as a quite a bit more masculine than the scent and image of this fragrance. In fact, I probably still do. However, I wouldn't mind trying it again to see if it works for me or brings back memories at the very least. Great video, you made some points about it that I would have made myself.

[@sergemunitz1153]

Love the Lockdown techno-dance piece!!! Look forward to more episodes here but wish the lockdown to be short rather than long :)

[@MrSmelly1977]

Thanks Serge. Yes, let’s hope so.

[@fabtrendsbymiya]

Thank you for the history lesson, Le male is one of the most iconic male Fragrances on the market 😍

[@watchmanexpert]

My favorite! I use for office , after shower, after shaving, for everything....

[@searcheroftruth7308]

One of my favourites! Still a decent performance even in current formulation I find. I ment to ask Dan have you tried or have in your collection Quorum by Antonio Puig! From 1981. Released same year as Kouros, but I prefer it personally and find it more wearable even though still old school! It's a beautiful tobacco and green fragrance, clean and 80s barbershop scent.

[@thearchman4133]

I also find that Etat Libre d'Orange “ antiheroes” is in a similar direction but easier to wear Synthetic lavender based but really nice none the less clean laundry scent

[@mariussuru9587]

Recently I’ve been fortunately enough to get a bottle for free. It’s a recent formulation and I am looking forward to wearing it. I’m curious how the vintage formulation smells like though.

[@ferbeybill]

A classic, this and Fahrenheit are a great addition to any collection!

[@shpalman7]

Today I'm wearing a bit of a sample of Tom Ford Beau de Jour and I noticed the mint note at the beginning, so I wonder if there's been some influence.

[@TheFragranceDecantBoutique]

Fabulous review!

[@rsiriraam]

Old Spice up next? ;-) Am quite seriously looking for an alternative that smells like the vintage Old spice and also perform okay

[@jamesglandon3737]

Hi Mr. Smelly, You have a 2000 batch, which is very very good; quite rare to find these days, and even more expensive. So long as the juice is a nice green tint, you have a vintage and original formula. Vintage formula goes from 1995 to 2009, after that its a different formula; still very good of course, but not what Kurkdjian had in mind when crafting Le Male. I wonder how perfumers feel when they are tasked with reformulating a their fragrances, It must be very hard to unwillingly change something in which you put so much time into, only to have it forever changed due to costs and sales. I actually just snagged a 75 ml 1998 batch (D batch) from a seller in Montreal, Canada. Thankfully he was able to ship it to me and i got it the next day (I live 2 hours away from the seller) and was so lucky to get it, the seller had a picture of the aftershave as his main image ( had to buy the aftershave, package deal) so people naturally thought he was asking 100$ for just the aftershave lol, in hindsight. The aftershave ended up being a 2014 batch; not too bad. But the 1998 Le Male batch is amazing, its getting so hard to find that the asking prices are getting more ridiculous each year lol. Anyways Mr. Smelly, I hope you are doing well. Cheers from Canada!,

[@andreidanielpetre]

Great review! Le Male is still a very good fragrance even if it's not stellar like it was in the 90's. Right now I think the Fraiche version (Popeye, Superman, Andre) is better compared to the current formulation of Le Male. If you want a more upscale, classier and less synthetic and not metrosexual smelling fragrance that's also designer and that has the Le Male vibe, try Lancome Hypnose Homme (the bottle is also one of the most spectacular in the game). All the best and stay safe!

[@abdullaahmed6815]

Beautiful scent I love it.very modern in my options

[@sinning]

Thanks. Good review.

[@Collioure232]

Can you do a review of Gucci Envy and the best modern clones of it?

[@streetrossi4966]

Damn this Guy has pure sense of humor, bless you

[@willowwookie9614]

Lucky enough to buy a 2009 le male 125ml with 80ml left on ebay for £17 plus p&p, a absolute beast mode fragrance.

[@michaelbullock8011]

Great review and I enjoyed it and i like this fragrance I give it a nine out of ten and have a blessed day

[@MrSmelly1977]

Thanks Michael.

[@michaelbullock8011]

You welcome keep up the good work

[@fabtrendsbymiya]

That intro is epic, love it😂😍

[@slisyd]

I have a vintage bottle not my 1998 one thats long gone but i have one with letter P which i bought in 2010 and i believe its made in 2008. I have 1/4 of it left and i today i have packed it up as a collectors item. It's so powerful compared to my new bottle i opened up today. That one is so weak.

[@brunomatos3724]

Vintage le male is back, thanks DUA

[@MrSmelly1977]

Yes I must try Dua’s Dua Man.

[@11deanoh]

I have dua's and gotta say I'm impressed. Lasts for ages. Brings back those memories of my long ago clubbing days

[@steveb8269]

@@11deanoh ...seriously...is it that good, I loved the OG Le male, the newer reformulations are only a shadow of their original.

[@kyleglasco6695]

Do a review of old school fragrance

[@tompowell4567]

Silly prices on eBay for it. Shame because I like it. Did get a 100ml bottle of Armani acqua essenza for 40 quid this morning. Best freshie ever in my opinion.

[@MrSmelly1977]

Thanks Tom. I really like that Armani too.

[@benjoray]

Enjoyed the review, according to checkcosmetic.net the date of manufacture for the bottle you have is March 1999.

[@MrSmelly1977]

Nice! Thanks Bendz2.

[@mariusjohnson7193]

I have a 2013 batch...its not a vintage?...but Performance pretty good!

[@solokom]

Fun fact: Le male is a copy of Cuba Gold a very cheap fragrance, but released before Le Male. Kurkdijan took this rough diamond and took it to greatness.

[@marcodonati572]

Let's hope this hell will finish soon. Good luck, Dan.

[@MrSmelly1977]

Thanks Marco .

[@StJello]

Dan, when will I get my delivery of your fragrance. I filled out the kick starter and you took my money back in December but still no package. This is starting to fill like I got taken for my money.

[@MrSmelly1977]

Dear St Jell. We are shipping the USA orders this week and you should expect them in April. I am very sorry for the delay. I will post an update on Kickstarter today. Please follow us on Instagram @naughtonandwilson for more updates.

[@MakLyrics]

Your F batch 75116 is 1998 batch. Greets.

[@MrSmelly1977]

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[@jonathoncurtis9861]

I have a 2015 bottle that lasts 24 hours

[@MrSmelly1977]

Excellent!

[@RichMitch]

Classics >>>

[@MrSmelly1977]

Thank you Rich.

[@damian-795]

This was *George Michaels* cologne

[@kasper9582]

I know this fragrances is SOOOOOO loved and hyped, but i cant take it. its so mainstream and boring. Maybe its because im getting older.

[@MrSmelly1977]

Fair enough. It is indeed a very well known scent and therefore perhaps not exciting to some.

[@kasper9582]

@@MrSmelly1977 There is just so much other stuff you can get today for the same price. 100ML Le Male vs 30ML Rogue perfumery. The choice is not hard. But thanks for a great video as always.

[@gg41r]

I had an original botle of le male in 1996. It was a MONSTER performer. Back then, you could wear it on a night out clubbing. Thats when people could smoke in the pubs and clubs. Anyhoo, I could still smell the frag clearly, when i went to get in the shower the next night, when getting ready for work (about 20+ hours after applying the frag) Now, it is a waste of space. I get about 2 hours max out of it. Really poor performance. One of the worst performers in my collection

[@brunomatos3724]

You need to try Dua man 👍

[@SuperGilly71]

Absolute drek this one Dan. For me it’s a member of the holy trinity of shitdom. This shit trifecta includes Reflection man & Joop. All 3 induce a headache that couldn’t even be obtained by trepanning without pain relief. As for the gauche bottle ffs 😂 i’d be less embarrassed going to the footy in arseless chaps than having this on my shelf. NO JUST NO!!

[@jdmb03]

"bat flu" LOL

[@ronpower7790]

Cant get past the ultra tacky bottle...never tried, never will

[@jamesglandon3737]

This my most accurate assessment of the Jean Paul Gaultier batch codes: D = 1998 E = 1999 F = 2000 G = 2001 H = 2002 I = None J = 2003 K = 2004 L = 2004 also M = 2005 N = 2006 O = 2007 P = 2008 Q = 2009 R = 2010 S = 2011 T = 2012 U = 2013 V = 2014 W = 2015 X = 2016 Y = 2018 Z = 2019